Thx for replying bigjohnny
"Only takes one difference in a driver to work with the machines protocol. On your machine its not even called a synaptics touchpad. "
Oh i agree.. as for what its been called, every review ive seen and every article ive read states that it is... calling Asus tech support, they too said it was... but like you say, theres nothing on the system that actually indicates this, however none of my other laptops which carry Synaptics HW carry this info either... not until you install the drivers that is... which is why i asked about it here...
Kinda pointless providing a piece of HW if youre no going allow one to access all its features ... or driver SW...
Then again, its easier to just provide MS drivers ... ))
I have other ASUS machines where they are named as such and it may work. Some things I use the actual vendor drivers list to update, network, etc but touchpad on an ASUS is closely integrated with the APK package so good luck with that.
((APK package?? from my undersatnding APKs are android packets... so im not understanding what you mean here.
In any case, its common sense to use the drivers provide by the vendor, however if the vendor hasnt provided the full features of said driver, why not use one that does give you full features??
Anotehr example of this are the NVidia drivers... unless i go in and deliberately overwrite my config, there is no way i can run or install NVidia Creator drivers for my machine.. on th eflipside, the Gamer drivers on the Asus page, are actually afew builds behind... now in afew years when this system is superceded and no longer supported, what then?? Must one stick to the manufactureres driver which would inevitably become outdated seeing as its no longer updated, or will one need to do what we do with any other unsupported piece of HW and run the MS equivalent of said drivers? As an example one laptop i have is 8yrs old.. its quad core with HT, with 8gb ra and an Nvidia 540gt @ 2gb + 2gb shared system, so total of 4gb gfx memory... which is perfectly sufficient for most 720p gaming
BUT is absolutely perfect for photo editing and batch processing or network rendering
In fact, this lappy runs win7 and browsing and basic DLs along with some photo plugins and tools are much quicker and much more efficiently than its younger brother which is the 704GW we're talkin about...
Point is, its an 8yr old system which ahs had SD installed and can work as fast as this brand new machine, whcihj theoretically, shoudl be at least 5x+ faster and more efficient.. but it isnt...
Whys this relevant?? Well, tbh, im still spending more time on the older machines than i am on this new one... and that completely defeats the purpose of investing so much cash into such a HW performance capable machine... ))
"Good luck with trying to make an ASUS emulate a Toshiba."
LOL That was never the point , not myintent... Synaptic drivers are generic, so theres no branding aside from synaptics.. Theres also no feasable reason why these synaptic drivers cant be implemented within an Asus ecosystem...Provding the HW and then only using the std win drivers, is either a financial decision decision regarding licensing or is simply a matter of basic laziness...
"You asked, I gave you the reason why, you dont accept it, its all good."
I didnt suggest non acceptance of a flaw withing an ecosystem... I see it as a flaw, some might not... Im simply wondering why drivers for the HW in question arent even provided and curious why we're expected to use basic windows rubbish which doesnt provide the full functioning features of the HW in question...when perfectly good drivers for the HW are available from teh manufacturer, yet none are available nor can they be installed...
Its not a matter of accepting or not, its a matter of getting what one pays for... And at this price point, with this kinda spec.. and the way these machines are marketed, one would at least expect the option to install gamer or creator drivers... we dont even have that option... let alonetouchpad drivers from the manufacturer...
Sure its branded as a gaming machine, but its not rocket science to figure out that MANY users will be buyin this on spec alone for the simple fact its got the grunt to work with 4 and 6k raw video..Theres also the fact that nvidia themselves market their workplace efficiency and power for these products which carry nvidia HW... and this marketing will only increase as AMD begins to take a pick up momentum, dipping into INtel and nvidia sales anyway... so all manufacturers and their SW support people who manage their SW conditions have got alot of work ahead of themselves... . Point is, not every user is a gamer and those non gamers typically spend alot more money on their gear, considering its a tax deduction....and those same people are the frst to jump ship if their HW doesnt perform up to scratch...
As it stands, Asus are behind on the gamer drivers for nvidia... with no support or access to creator drivers... then theres the mouse/touchpad drivers which are bread and butter generic MS, and the realtek soundchip doesnt even have proper realtek controls and input control configuration options ( as it does on a Win7 machine runnin the SAME generic realtek driver...
So yeah.. .some pretty real issues which are crippling the real world potential of the unit...
'Maybe put in a ticket with ASUS online support....they will tell you the same thing. '
I actually spoke to their tech support.. they confirmed its synaptics but also confirmed they CBFd with driver management so theyre using and redistributing the basic MS touchpad drivers...
Anyway, it was worth exploring i think... considering the touchpad driver isnt the only driver thats lacking...